When we truly are putting others first, we cannot but feel at peace with ourselves. — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
This is the central principle of meditation: we become what we meditate on. — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
A calm mind releases the most precious capacity a human being can have: the capacity to turn anger into compassion, fear into… — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
When we are at home with ourselves, we are at home everywhere in the world. When we have found peace within ourselves,… — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
Instead of looking at difficulties as deprivations, we can learn to recognize them as opportunities for deepening and widening our love. — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
When we go slower, we are more patient and when we are more patient we have a choice in how we respond. — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
Love is so exquisitely elusive. It cannot be bought, cannot be badgered, cannot be hijacked. It is available only in one rare… — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
To be secure everywhere is the mark of sophistication, to be unshakable is the mark of courage, to be permanently in love… — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
“Attention can be trained very naturally, with affection, just as you train a puppy. When something distracts your attention, you say “Come… — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
Every human heart has a deep need to love - to be in love, really, with all of life. This is the… — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
We can all learn to conquer hatred through love -drawing on the power released through the practice of meditation to throw all… — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
“We expect professional and financial success to require time and effort. Why do we take success in our relationships for granted? Why… — eknath easwaran Copy Share Image
“Meditation is the basis of a life of splendid health, untiring energy, unfailing love, and abiding wisdom. It is the very foundation… — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
When mystics use the word love, they use it very carefully - in the deeply spiritual sense, where to love is to… — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
There is a close relationship between a house full of possessions and a heart full of desires, between a cluttered closet and… — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
When we truly are putting others first, we cannot but feel at peace with ourselves. — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
The real essentials of life - compassion, kindness, good will, forgiveness - are what is fundamental to living as a true human being. — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
At the beginning of every winter people are careful to install storm windows. These extra panes of glass protect their houses against the bitter… — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
A calm mind releases the most precious capacity a human being can have: the capacity to turn anger into compassion, fear into fearlessness, and… — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
Don't think the purpose of meditation is to go deep into consciousness, wrap a blanket around yourself, and say, 'How cozy! I'm going to… — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
Meditation may require a lifetime to master, but it will have been a lifetime well spent. ... If you want to judge your progress,… — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
“Meditation is the basis of a life of splendid health, untiring energy, unfailing love, and abiding wisdom. It is the very foundation of that… — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
Love is so exquisitely elusive. It cannot be bought, cannot be badgered, cannot be hijacked. It is available only in one rare form: as… — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
Meditation is warm-up exercise for the mind, so that you can jog through the rest of the day without getting agitated or spraining your… — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
By removing that which is petty and self-seeking, we bring forth all that is glorious and mindful of the whole. — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
As we get deeper, we move closer and closer to other people; we feel closer to life as a whole. — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
To be secure everywhere is the mark of sophistication, to be unshakable is the mark of courage, to be permanently in love with every… — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
